Draft-equalizer



Z. Bn WHEELER.

DRAFT EQUALIZER.

APPLICTBON FILED DEC. i916.

1,334,202. Pam-md MM. 16,1920.

ZENAS B. Wlli EELER, li WDLitNED.. MAINE.

DRAFT-EQUALIZER,

Application filed December l. 191e.

To of ff/tom t moy soucier-v1,

.le it loi-own thet l.. Zonne lfliunnnnn, :a '-lliyeu or the `United. States, residing et l. i 1.1mm v .e ,l muuu. iu tu.. .nenti oi lesunrg on ein. e invented eertu'in ue ful 're;llz-Eoueditors, ol which e. epeeifleotion,reiterenee hein. to the :ieeonipli-nylug drow- .le present invention relntes to improveinei'ite in drolit e pizlliuers. one ohjeet oifi the rtion heilig` the prot ylion oil. n` simple i.' thi .ireo'er which een he resulilyv neeeo .ui usi and which will equalize the droit. pull exerted upon the olijeet to he dreun. whether or not the pull. o'l" the drziflt :mirnele is equal.

turtheii ohjeet oliv this 'invention is the provision oi u device oi thie @huren-ter which muy be adopted for use upon two or more draft nuiinuln, und which is thorcnigrliltY eient and practical .in use.

ln the eeooinpouring drawings:

lllig'ure l is u top plain. View ol the present dern-o. Showing the trenes in operable re l n tion Tvllig. we?. l;

Fig. il ie :i sec-tion token. on the line fl-Irl of Fini. l; end

Fing. lis e diugroni sliowingil the arrange- .uient o'l the trenes for use in conjunction with. two horses.

Referring' to the drawings, the numeral. 5 designates the lienm ot the present equalizer hurl! [1f the two? ere-holte 6 attached to the roer 'ihre thereof, und in this instance hovino` the ehein ettoehed thereto. Any torni oli eoiuieetion, however. muy he employed.

'.lhe present heen'i is reetungulur through out its length, eo that the three rectangular eesing'e 8., 9 und 10 may he slidohle thereon. the two outer eosinge 8 and l0 loeing eoeh provided 'with the opertured sideel 11 end the bridging eonneetion. '12, so that the shzitt l und the pulley lele indy he properly supported und jouri'mled therein.

The center easing 9 ie provided Awith the three opertured eidee end partition 15 end 4the bridging connection 16, so that the shaft 17 muy be inoruited therein and si. iport the two pollen/fe 18 ond 19. Y

liu nee, the 'trece or oli-.iin 2() is plaeed eroi'lnd one ot the outer pulleys and the puli? ie :t eeetion teken. on the .line Elot Speccation of Letters Potent.

atented Matr. 16, 19.20.

Serial No. 1.954.439.

ley 1S. so thut the ende olf .the truee :tre con neoted zwinaeti-viljv to the neer eide oi meh i. nel, tl e remaining trnee or chain Q1 heil j p: ed through the roinuining pulleys :ind its ends connected respectively to the o l'l' f. i

de of eueh dreflt uniinel. this erru'upjement. ole/irl]7 shown in L. the droit will he equelized upon the benin 5, so that regardless oil? the size o'l the two animals coupled For nee the draft 'will he equolized.

l-ly mounting; the eosings, es sliown, upon the equa-dining lin-1*, the sum, :are automotieelly eluiuped upon the drolit equztlizing hor, due to the prutieulzu elmpe thereof, hut may he readily removed Vwhen desired or edjueted ou euid her wh en the druft or strein there on hue been relieved. It will, he noted that Awhen :t pull .is exerted upon the stretches 2() :and Q1, olf seid @heine the outer closings 8 und 1.0 lwill. slightly rook on the herun to desume e. forward convergent relation. to eaeh other lier positive elztrnping netioii oll eoid oneings upon the equelizing hor so that there is no 'ioeeihility oil? the slipping. ol the ensings the .length or' the hor. The easing; 9 hee formed therein a hole which registers with e hole centrolli,T in. the equelizing har 5, and leeeived in seid hole .is :t suitable coupling pin or other fastener for connecting the etpmliZer to f1 draft pole or tongue, will he apparent.

Then the equalizer applied for use in oonneotion With four dreft animals the present :uiengeinent muy he carried out hy merel j; iwn'ensing the length of the har From the :foregoing it is thought that the eonstruetioii :ind munner ot use oil: the eque-liner will he clean-liT understood, und, therefore, o more extended explanation has heen oi'nitted.

.Hering thus deserihed my invention, l Claim:

ln it drzt'ft equalizer. n benin of uniforn'l eross eeetionnl contour throughout its length.l three openeided ceses formed With medial hridfre walls., thel loe-ain projectingr through the ons i und haring one fnoe engaging eind hru ge wells. the middle easing belng fixedliT '.itteehed to the beam et its longltiullnel center. the two outside easings being elidehle along; the beam for adjustment 'toward ond. away 'from the center easing, a peut of pulleys earned by the center easing 2 y Y Y 1,334,202

outside of the bridge Wall, e pulley carried by the eet-ion of the cables because 0l their byeneh or' the outside easings outside of the bidgewall, and cables trained on each over the pulley of one outside casing and one of the pulleys of the center easing, whereby adjustment is prof'ded for the outside casings but their movement precluded being; recled slightly by the letter due to a jerk or pull when the edgee of the bridge 10 Walls bite into the beam to preclude movement of the eesngs therealoug.

In testimony whereof I n'lix my signature.

ZENAS B. WHEELER, 

